Personally appeared before me William M. Sneed a Justice of the Peace for the County, and State aforesaid this 5th. day of December 1833, William Taburn a Free man of Color who duly sworn upon the Holy Evangelist of Almighty God, doth declare as follows vizt.

That in his declaration sworn to subscribed on the 10th. August 1832, for the purpose of obtaining the benefit of the act of Congress passed 7th. June 1832, that the services rendered by him as a soldier in the Revolutionary War are substantially set forth  therein; that the circumst^ances^ of his first enlistment are correctly set forth, but if no allowance is to be made for the first Tour, he must submit it to the decission, but thinks it hard—

The Second Tour of five months was performed as is proved by a Brother soldier Zachariah Hester who served with him—

The third tour to the Catawba was performed as stated, and as far as I can recollect the term of Service which I performed was about 2 months and twenty days or perhaps a few days over it—but I am content it shall be fixed at it—

The fourth tour to the Raft swamp I think had almost been completed when the news of the Capture of Cornwallis was received and we discharged—I believe the full tour was complete before we reached home—but I am content it be fixed at two Months and twenty days—subscribed & sworn to the day first written